South likes: Secret Codes at Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo Secret Codes Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil 18 January – 22 February, 2014 What is taking place for the 40th anniversary of this historical São Paulo gallery is a blissful parade of more or less flashy names, yet not without reason and not without
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South likes: Chryssa Romanos at The Breeder, Athens Chryssa Romanos The Breeder, Athens, Greece 17 January – 17 February, 2014 Featuring a visual narrative with a strong critical view on western capitalist culture, the work of Chryssa Romanos’ (1931-2006) is presented for the very first time at The Breeder Gallery. The exhibition is divided into
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South likes: Christodoulos Panayiotou at Moderna Museet, Stockholm Days and Ages Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden 30 November, 2013 – 27 April, 2014 Cyprus, history, religion, irony and repetition are the recurring themes of Panayiotou’s solo exhibition, together with a scent of the Mediterranean hovering in the big empty lobby hall. Crossing a sea of tiles,
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South likes: Expérience Pommery #11 at FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims Une Odyssée: les 30 ans du FRAC Champagne-Ardenne FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France 15 November, 2013 – 30 June, 2014 For the celebration of its 30th anniversary the permanent collection of FRAC Champagne-Ardenne will be on display, above and underground, in three different spaces and previously unseen
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South likes: Goshka Macuga at Index, Stockholm Non-consensual Act (work in progress) Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden 14 December, 2013 – 12 April, 2014 By using reels of censored erotic material from the Afghan film archive, Goshka Macuga creates a montage-film addressing issues of sexuality in the Arab world, female oppression
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South likes: Imagine Brazil at Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo Imagine Brazil Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway 11 October, 2013 – 2 March, 2014 Oslo’s Astrup Fearnley Museet invites us to Imagine Brazil, an exhibition created by the dialogue between recent and historical Brazilian contemporary art. Fourteen young artists were invited to participate in the exhibition
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Olympia Scarry, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, 2014. Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich South likes: Elevation 1049: Between Heaven and Hell at various locations, Gstaad Elevation 1049: Between Heaven and Hell Gstaad, Switzerland 27 January – 8 March, 2014 Site-specific works by over twenty Swiss artists are featured in Elevation 1049: Between Heaven and
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South likes: Lutz Bacher at Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich Snow Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland 22 November, 2013 – 2 February, 2014 Since the beginning of her career as an artist, Lutz Bacher has been questioning the commercialisation and medialisation of individual life’s choices as well as models of social and sexual identity. She has concealed her
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South likes: Taryn Simon at Museum Folkwang, Essen There Are Some Who Are in Darkness: Works from the Olbricht Collection, Selected by the Artist Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany 9 November, 2013 – 2 March, 2014 Balancing between the notions of what something appears to be and what something actually is, Taryn Simon compiles images and
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South likes: A Place in Two Dimensions at Museo Jumex, Mexico City A Place in Two Dimensions: A Selection from Colección Jumex + Fred Sandback Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico 19 November, 2013 – 9 February, 2014 Designed by David Chipperfield Architects, Museo Jumex is the new museum for contemporary art in Mexico City, which
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